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On the recordMarch 28, 2007
Our amendment calls for the appropriation of a sum of money to enable a private sector entity to make an independent--independent of all entities, the Pentagon and otherwise, in the Federal Government-- assessment of the status of the Iraqi security forces, most specifically the army, the national guard, and other elements which are fighting alongside the coalition forces, and primarily the U.S. forces now in the operations in Baghdad.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing the Warner-Byrd amendment regarding the assessment of Iraqi security forces.

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